Comments on: Weekend Roundup and Link Love - Going Camping Edition

By: CiaranFromChance

CiaranFromChance — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:41:52 +0000

Bit late here but thanks for the linkup… I love your format! Hope the camping did the body and soul some good, I know you were on a hectic schedule, it must have been a welcome change:)

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:54:45 +0000

@Blair:
Hey Blair,
Tent camping is great. We camped in tents for several years before deciding to go the pop-up route. It has the best of both worlds, tents, open screens, smelling the campfire at 3AM and worrying that a spark will burn something, and hearing the sounds of the forest. It also offered us the ability to keep it packed and be able to go at a moments notice, NOT sleeping on the ground (these old bones just can’t handle it as well), and when the weather is 90 at night with 100 percent humidity, and air conditioner.

No it isn’t exactly the same as tent camping and I do miss some of a tent’s fun, but it meets our needs to get outside and still maintain some sanity for my wife!

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:49:12 +0000

@Kyle:
We forgot the graham crackers!
BUT - we used big chocolate chip cookies instead and they were divine!

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:24:48 +0000

@Mrs. Micah:
Thanks Mrs M, I’m glad to hear you’re feeling better. I should be, but I’m a little stiff and sore from hiking!

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:23:18 +0000

@Frugal Dad:
Thanks Jason, I’m arranging some of the pics now. We went to Petit Jean State Park just west of Little Rock. Great place. Ranks right up there with Cloudland Canyon in NW Georgia.:)

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:20:04 +0000

@Four Pillars:
Thanks Mike, we did enjoy it!

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:58:48 +0000

@Glblguy:
Hey, yeah we have the exact same model pictured. We did have a great time, but it was a good bit colder than we anticipated. We went to Petit Jean State Park, just west of Little Rock. It’s a great state park if you ever get the chance to go.

Longer term, we would like to buy a class C and tow a small car with it, but that is years down the road, somewhere after “number 3″ graduates college and is off and married - probably 16 more years!

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:50:16 +0000

@David:
Will do. Thanks David.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:10:42 +0000

OK, your intro makes me want to get out under the stars and eat hot dogs and smores with my kids. Thanks for that!!

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